Meat-tenderer and vegetable-cutter.



No. 759,893. PATENTED MAY 17, 1904. M. KNUTSEN.

MEAT TENDBRER AND VEGBTABLE GUTTER.

. APPLIGATION HLED AUG. 22, isos.

No MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 17, 1904:.

PATENT OEEICE.

MEAT-TENDERER AND VEGETABLE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,893, dated May 1'?, 1904.

Application filed August 22, 1903. Serial No. 170,483. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may con/067%:

Be itknown that I, MARTIN KNUTsEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fresno, in the county of Fresno and State of California, have invented a new and useful Meat- Tenderer and Vegetable-Cutter, of which the following' is a specification.

This invention is a combined meat-tenderer and vegetable-cutter, the object being' to provide a simple and eflicient device by means of which a steak or other form'of .meat can be quickly and easily made tender and also a device by means of which vegetables can be sliced or chopped into line bits as required.

The invention consists, essentially, of the base, having` a standard at one end thereof, a handle rigidly secured to the upper end of the standard, said handle carrying' a plurality of blades, said blades having teeth at one end and a cutting' edge at the opposite end, a bowl being preferably arranged upon the base for the purpose of holding the material being operated upon, said bowl being rotatable upon the base.

Theinvention consists also in certain details of construction hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings forming part of this specilication, Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partlyin section and showing the base, standard, handle, and chopping-blades. Fig. 3 is a face view of the chopper, the handle being shown in section. Fig. l is a detail view illustrating the pivotal connection between the base and bowl.

In carrying out my invention I employ a flat base A, to the rear end of which is pivoted a standard B, said standard having' an opening B/ adjacent its upper end and in which lits the rear end of the handle O, said end being secured by means of a set-screw O', which passes through the end of the standard and binds upon the handle, thereby securely The handle carries the combined chopper and pounder I), which consists of a series of blades E, mounted upon a bolt F, which passes transversely through the handle and through the central portion of the blade, the blades being spaced apart by means of interposed washers Gr. One end of each blade is formed with a series of teeth H, while the opposite end of the blade is provided with a cutting' edge I, said cutting edge being preferably made upon the arc of a circle, as indicated. In practice I prefer to have the teeth of the blades alternate, and by that I mean to have the teeth of one blade directly opposite the notch or intervening' space of the next adjacent blades. The combined chopper and pounder is easily reversible, it being only necessary to remove the set-screw O', withdraw the handle from the standard, reverse it, and again connect it to the standard. The material to be pounded or chopped is preferably arranged in a bowl K, which has a central pin K fitting into a recess K2, produced in the base, and while the material is being' pounded or chopped the bowl can be turned so as to present every portion of the material to the chopping' or pounding' surface. The standard being pivoted to the end of the base, it is obvious that the combined pounder and chopper will have a suliicient movement by werking the handle up and down.

It will thus be seen that I provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, andel'licient construetion of combined meat-tenderer and vegetableslicer` I may state that in practice the handle is provided with a longitudinal slot O2, through which the center blade is passed, so that where an odd number of blades are used thc same number may be arranged upon each side of the handle.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ism

A device of the kind described. comprising' a base, a standard pivoted to one end of the base, a handle connected to the said standard, a plurality of blades connected to the handle, each blade being provided with a series of teeth at one end, and a cutting' edge at the opposite end, substantially as described.

MARTIN KNUTSEN.

Vitnesses:

JAs. E. FABER, G. W. Conn. 

